Educational Theory category: 17068 books
by Joanna Bull, Colleen McKenna
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2003
The rapid development and integration of computer-assisted assessment (CAA) in mainstream post-compulsory educational institutions today make this an exciting and invaluable reference text. It provides a practical, research-based guide on a subject that is becoming increasingly important as educational...
Self-Regulated Learning and Academic Achievement
Theoretical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
This volume brings together internationally known researchers representing different theoretical perspectives on students' self-regulation of learning. Diverse theories on how students become self-regulated learners are compared in terms of their conceptual origins, scientific form, research productivity,...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
This book provides new perspectives on Assessment for Learning (AfL), on the challenges encountered in its implementation, and on the diverse ways of meeting these challenges. It brings together contributions from authors working in a wide range of educational contexts: Australia, Canada, England,...
Common Knowledge (Routledge Revivals)
The Development of Understanding in the Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
First published in 1987, Common Knowledge offers a radical departure from the traditionally individualistic psychologies which have underpinned modern approaches to educational theory and practice. The authors present a study of education as the creation of ‘common knowledge’ or shared understanding...
Metacognition in Science Education
Trends in Current Research
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
Why is metacognition gaining recognition, both in education generally and in science learning in particular? What does metacognition contribute to the theory and practice of science learning?
Metacognition in Science Education discusses emerging topics at the intersection of metacognition...
Curriculum as Spaces
Aesthetics, Community, and the Politics of Place
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
This book has won the «O.L. Davis, Jr. Outstanding Book Award» 2015 from the American Association for Teaching and Curriculum (AATC)
Curriculum as Spaces: Aesthetics, Community, and the Politics of Place can be viewed as a holistic approach to education, conservation, and community development...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
This collection of essays invites readers to think through critical questions concerning anti-racism education, such as: How does anti-racism education centre race as an analytic and simultaneously work with multiple sites of oppression, without reifying hierarchies of difference? How can anti-racism...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
Education in today's technologically advanced environments makes complex cognitive demands on students pre-learning, during, and post-learning. Not surprisingly, these analytical learning processes--metacognitive processes--have become an important focus of study as new learning technologies are assessed...
Popper's Approach to Education
A Cornerstone of Teaching and Learning
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2016
Challenging the theory of induction in teacher education, this book proposes a knowledge-building framework based on the critical rationalism of philosopher of science, Karl Popper. The Objective Knowledge Growth Framework developed in this book is designed to be an effective critical analysis framework...
Motivation and Self-Regulated Learning
Theory, Research, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
This volume focuses on the role of motivational processes – such as goals, attributions, self-efficacy, outcome expectations, self-concept, self-esteem, social comparisons, emotions, values, and self-evaluations– in self-regulated learning. It provides theoretical and empirical evidence demonstrating...
by P. Karen Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2017
Classroom discussion is a concept familiar across the field of education and is often employed to support students’ comprehension of text. Edited by a leading expert on classroom discussion, this book situates the topic within the broader context of educational psychology research and theory and...
Metasystems Learning Design of Open Textbooks
Emerging Research and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2018
Universal access to high-quality education plays an important role in the building of peace, sustainable social and economic development, and intercultural dialogue. Providing research on the quality and understanding of open education allows for successful learning strategies and educational sustainability....
STEM-Rich Maker Learning
Designing for Equity with Youth of Color
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In recent years, Maker-centered learning has emerged in schools and other spaces as a promising new phase of STEM education reform. With a sharp focus on equity, the authors investigate community-based STEM Making programs to determine whether, and how, they can address the educational needs of youth...
Lesson Study and Schools as Learning Communities
Asian School Reform in Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2018
School as Learning Community (SLC), or Lesson Study for Learning Community (LSLC) represents an approach to lesson study that emerged in Japan in the 1990s and which has been studied intensively by educators and researchers worldwide to establish democratic learning communities for teachers and students...